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  1. Spent the day in St. Tropez, made famous by Bridget Bardot, and Cannes home of Film Festival. Sandy beach there-- to pamper stars?
  2. Dinner in Nice tonight: huge, huge bowl of mussels with, what else?, French fries! Soooo good.
  3. Got to Nice and walked the boardwalk. Beach is pebbled-not sand. What a surprise! Temp around 56 F and someone was swimming! Yikes.
  4. Just heard that the Buckeyes beat Penn and are now tied with Iowa for Big Ten! How do you say "whoohoo!" in French?
  5. A.m. walk to French Popes' palace in Avignon. Afternoon pouring rain. So ends our river cruise. Tomorrow on to Nice! Hope weather is nice!
  6. Tour of Arles revealed Roman Theatre and Amphitheater where they now have games with bulls-men grab at prizes strung between bull horns.
  7. A beautiful sunny morning in Arles on the river Rhone! Walking tour this a.m. then free afternoon to explore on own. Yay!!
  8. Vieviere overnight. Another deep lock at 2 a.m. will probably wake us up and then Arles in the morning. Provence, France-a beautiful area.
  9. Going through another lock on the Rhone. Sun is shining. Had a chocolate tasting in Tain-l'Hermitage this a.m. Mmmm dreamy dark chocolate!
  10. Emiko Marie arrived at 2:30 a.m. PST. Mom and baby are fine. Dad has still not sent statistics but we do have a beautiful picture.
  11. New granddaugher arrived a little after 2 a.m. PST! Whoohoo!
  12. Grandbaby on the way! Waiting for the good news. Parents are at the hospital. Wish we were there.
  13. Rainy day in Lyon. Beautiful church and interesting old town. Had dinner at restaurant instead of boat tonight. Just the two of us.
  14. Just finished brkfst. Passing lots of swans on Saone as we cruise to Lyon. At Lyon, we switch to Rhone river for rest of week. Relaxing a.m.
  15. @TerraGarden And now we are on a riverboat on the Saone River beginning our trip south to Avignon and then on to Nice.
  16. Yesterday train to Chalon-sur-Saone. Today visited Beaune in wine area of Burgundy. Rain/sun today. Tonight sail on Saone south to Macon.
  17. Sitting on riverboat on Seine with view of Eiffel Tower listening to good music and waiting for dinner. Soooo hungry. Must be the Paris air?
  18. Arrived Paris again. Moored near the Eiffel Tower. Evening cruise on the Seine to see landmarks. Tomorrow: laundry excursion!
  19. Cold morning at Versailles. Gardens w/out flowers. Palace ornate as expected. Now sailing on to Paris-going thru locks on Seine.
  20. Strolled through Monet's gardens today. Water lilies not blooming but gorgeous Autumn color. Visited his mansion as well. He wasn't home.